Tilman Fertitta is a super rich dude with a background in casinos making a foray into a competition-based reality television program (Billion Dollar Buyer premieres on CNBC on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016, at 10:00/9:00c) in which he assesses the business acumen of entrepreneurs and rewards them based on their performance.

Sound familiar?

As the below trailer explains: "Meet the man behind some of your favorite brands. He's on the hunt for the next hot product."

Fertitta is a "hospitality mogul," meaning he's the CEO of Fertitta Entertainment, Inc., which owns Landry's (a company that owns tons of restaurant chains you see at the mall like Rainforest Cafe, Claim Jumper, and Bubba Gump Shrimp Company), and Golden Nugget Casinos.

The production value of Billion Dollar Buyer strikes very much of The Apprentice (which is what I was getting at, if you couldn't tell... but I bet you could, smarty pants!), replete with seeing Fertitta exiting a helicopter. Billionaire alert, am I right? Also: hat tip (or hair hat tip) to Mr. Donald Trump for that move.

By Eric - TV Geek Army "Revered Leader"

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